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Officials Recover Man's Body In Eagle Mountain Lake

TARRANT COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) - Officials recovered the body of a man in Eagle Mountain Lake early Saturday morning and also found a woman and three children stranded in the lake.

At around 2 a.m. Saturday, Tarrant Regional Water District officers, Azle police and fire, and Eagle Mountain fire responded to a missing person call on Eagle Mountain Lake.

Authorities found a woman and three children stranded in the lake near Pelican Island.

According to initial reports, their boat capsized, and a man went missing in the lake.

Officers were able to locate the man and recover his body at around 5:30 a.m.

The Tarrant County Medical Examiner identified the man as 37-year-old Bobby Burgess.

Authorities are continuing to investigate the incident.

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